Bride-to-be searching for anyone who took pictures or video of her proposal at popular Edinburgh landmark
Rachael Taylor and her now-fiance Connor Bolton got engaged during a trip to Edinburgh last month
A bride-to-be is appealing for help in tracking down anyone who took a photograph or video of her fiance’s proposal at a popular Edinburgh landmark.
Rachael Taylor, 33, was visiting the Capital with her partner Connor Bolton, 27, last month when Connor popped the question on the Vennel steps.
The couple, from Buckie, had made the trip down for the Genesis Scottish Open golf tournament in North Berwick when they decided to take in some of Edinburgh on Saturday, July 11.
Rachael told the Evening News: “I was always winding him up asking when am I going to get a ring on my finger? I was winding him up again on the train down on the Friday and he said, ‘Oh I hope you're not expecting it’, trying to throw me off.
“But then on Saturday he got down on one knee.”
Connor made sure the moment was perfect, with a nod to one of Rachael's favourite TV shows.
She said: “He initially wanted to do it at the castle and then he saw how buzzing I was to be at the Vennel steps because I was obsessed with One Day on Netflix.”
One Day, an adaptation of the David Nicholls novel of the same name, follows Dexter and Emma, two University of Edinburgh students who meet during graduation, setting off a decades-long connection.
In one memorable scene from the Netflix series, Dexter and Emma share their first kiss on the iconic Vennel steps.
Rachael said: “I had shown him the photo from the show when Dex and Emma kissed and he told me later that he tried to get it on that level that it was at, so it was almost exactly the same. He thought of everything.”
She added that Connor had been carrying the ring in his backpack all day before hiding it up his sleeve and dropping to one knee for the big moment.
The moment was caught on camera by people passing by, with Rachael now calling for anyone who may recognise their proposal to get in touch with footage or photographs of the big moment.
Rachael said: “There was lot of people around, getting their own pictures and filming.
“After Connor said ‘will you marry me?’ he told me there was people filming and I asked if he meant he had arranged someone to film it, but they were just normal people walking up and filming the steps.
“A few people turned their phone around when they realised what was happening with us. Other people were congratulating us.”
Rachael said that her friend came across a video on TikTok which featured the couple’s proposal, but they have since been unable to track the account down.
She added: “It all happened so fast. He was shaking, I was shaking and he was telling me not to cry. It felt like we were on the steps and then seconds later we weren’t.
“It doesn't make the moment any less special that we've not got any pictures or video, but I just thought it would just be extra special if we found something.
“I just want to remember it bit-by-bit because it was so perfect.”
Do you recognise Rachael and Connor from their proposal on the Vennel steps? Get in touch with the Edinburgh Evening News at [email protected] or with reporter Heather Carrick at [email protected] so we can pass any photographs or videos of the big moment onto Rachael and Connor.